Vatican City, May 5, 2025 (AFP) - Catholic Church's direction in the balance as vote conclave looms

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2025-05-05

All 133 Catholic cardinals who will vote for a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican said on Monday, two days before they gather at a conclave to elect the next head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. Hailing from 70 countries across five continents, the group -- summoned following the death of Pope Francis on April 21 -- is the largest and the most international ever. At stake is the direction of the Catholic Church, a 2,000-year-old ins......

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